A Royal Love Story

Chapter 26 - You're Safe With Me, Baby

I woke up the next morning sitting next to Harry, still holding his hand. No-one else but me was in the room, so I sat there watching his face until someone came in. that someone was William, who must have driven up here during the night while I was asleep. He came over to me and crouched down beside me. “He’s going to be alright, you know? The doctors have stopped sedating him, so he should come round soon. Why don’t you go and get a coffee or something. You look shattered.”

I turned to face him, “Look, Will, I know you are looking out for me, but all I want is Harry awake, and I’m not leaving this room until he is.”

“Right then, I’ll go and get you a coffee and something to eat, ok?”

“Thank you, and Wills? Where’s your father?”

“Turn around.” I did as William told me to do, and I saw Charles on the other side of the room, still asleep. Bless his heart! He must have stayed here all night like me.

As William bought croissants and coffees all round, I started to move my legs around the room. I never realised how long I had been sitting in that chair, but it couldn’t have been good for me. Just as I was about to let go of Harry’s hand and go to the toilet, I felt Harry squeeze me hand. I turned back instantly. Then I saw his eyes opening towards me, I started crying, but I knew that Harry couldn’t see me like this. I bit back the tears as his eyes were opening wider and wider.

“Hello baby. How are you?” I kissed his forehead.

“Soph?”

“Yeh, it’s me. I’m here.”

“What happened to me? Where am I?”

“Baby, you’re in hospital, you were injured in an explosion in Afghanistan.”

“What?”

“No, baby, you’re fine now. You’re going to be ok. I’m here”

“Soph, I love you.”

“I love you too. You’re safe with me baby.” I hugged him tight, and then ran to the toilet.

The rest of the day, I did not leave Harry’s bedside. Will and Charles went home now they knew that Harry was going to be ok. I was not leaving him until I knew that we were going home together. Harry only had a few bruises and scratches, and they had to do another CT scan to see if everything is ok with his brain. The CT was clear, and that meant we could go home as soon as he was discharged, and he was discharged pretty quickly. I thought it was quite quick for him to be discharged, but what the hell do I know?

I drove home, (obviously). It took us 3 and a bit hours to get back. All I wanted to do was hug harry until we both fell asleep. But first I had to get Harry, who now was asleep, out of the car and upstairs. I tried to get him awake in the car by nudging him gently, but that didn’t work, so I slapped him instead. “Harry, baby we’re home.”

“Soph! You didn’t have to do that to me! Jeez!”

“Sorry babe. By the time I get in I hope you can forgive me!” I gave him puppy-dog eyes as he slowly walked into Clarence House. I got his bags out of the car while he was getting up the stairs. When I got in, he was just reaching the landing to get to the bedroom, “Babe, do you really wanna get any slower?”

“Babe, when you get up here, I am gonna seriously hurt you!”

“Ooohhh, I’m soo scared of you! Not!” I stuck my tongue out and ran up the stairs to catch up with Harry.  “Now, be careful, you don’t want to hurt yourself!”

“Shut up you, and get in that bedroom.” He pointed towards the door, and all I could feel was turned on by him.

“Alright, keep your feisty ginger hair on!”

He slapped my backside as I made my way into our bedroom. The bedroom I hadn’t been in since William and Catherine invites me to stay at theirs. As harry got himself onto the bed and settled, I unpacked his stuff and got changed into something more comfortable, on of Harry’s polo shirts. I went over to lay next to him, just lying there for a while, him playing with my hair and me playing with his t-shirt. Just as I was about to fall asleep, he said,

“I’m never going back there. I couldn’t do that to you again.”

“The only thing I was worried about was you. I just wanted you to come home.”

“I know you did. Soph, I am never going to go anywhere without you ever again.”

“You know that close to impossible. I have to work and other things.”

“I know, but you are the one that I want to spend the rest of my life with, Soph. I am not going to give up on you until I officially make you mine forever.”

I raised my head to look him in the eyes, “Are you saying what I’m thinking?”

“What are you thinking?” He had that goofy smile on his face, he knew exactly what I was thinking.

“That you have just told me you want to marry me?”

“Yes, I suppose I did, but not yet. Anyway, did you know that we never celebrated our first anniversary together?”

“I had totally forgotten about that actually. Let’s celebrate at the weekend.”

“Ok. I have the perfect thing for us to do. I love you Soph.” He gave me the most passionate kiss he had ever given me, just like we hadn’t kissed in forever, well it definitely felt like that.

“I love you too, baby boy.”

Nothing happened that night, but I knew that it didn’t have to for Harry to show how much he loved me. He had told me that we wanted to marry me, for the first time in ages, I felt like my life was complete.